Cayuga smelt on Cayuga

[quality time]

Have not had time to post about Bear's derby a few weeks ago. We got a fair number of fish but none the size we needed.. It was fun to play in the waves. Of interest to me was the fact that one of the fish I kept to eat had 4 smelt and a goby in its gut. Anyone else see the smelt returning?     Wes 

[Nautitroller]

Have not had time to post about Bear's derby a few weeks ago. We got a fair number of fish but none the size we needed.. It was fun to play in the waves. Of interest to me was the fact that one of the fish I kept to eat had 4 smelt and a goby in its gut. Anyone else see the smelt returning?     Wes 

That's cool, nice to see a variety of bait in any lake. Was the fish you caught shallow?

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[Sk8man]

There are still some Smelt in the Fingers but not in past numbers....I thought they were pretty much extinct here on Canandaigua but there are a few left that we have caught accidentally through the ice while fishing for perch. I haven't heard of runs in the Spring for years now though

[quality time]

We were fishing 80' to 110' deep.  Les I had a few lakers with smelt in the guts last year as well. I hope they bounce back. It should help reproduction rates.

[Frogger]

Was a mainstay culture growing up. Wish it came back.......


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[Sk8man]

I hope so too Wes. I have a lot of fond memories both as a kid and adult of being out in the creeks in the Spring with a Coleman lantern and net getting them and seeing the occasional rainbow scoot out of the shallows in the light.

Edited September 25, 2020 by Sk8man